UFC Belt History
UFC 5:
Superfight Title: Made by Joe Marshall
Because the fight was a draw, the belt was never awarded. It was eventually sold to a private collector and bounced around a few times. Is currently owned by a board member.
UFC 5 Tournament belt: Made by Joe Marshall
Won/Owned by Dan Severn
UFC 6:
Super Fight Championship: Made by Joe Marshall
Tournament Championship: Made by Joe Marshall
UFC 7
Super Fight Belt was same as UFC 6 but never awarded. I heard rumors it too was sold eventually.
Tournament Belt: Made by Joe Marshall
UFC Ultimate Ultimate:
Tournament Belt made by Joe Marshall:
UFC 8:
Super Fight Belt: Same as 6, made by Joe Marshall
Tournament Belt: Made by Joe Marshall
UFC 9:
Super Fight Belt: Made by Joe Marshall
UFC 10:
Super Fight Belt: Made by Joe Marshall
UFC 11:
I've never seen pics of the belt since they didn't award it on the PPV.
Ultimate Ultimate 96: Debut of the boxing style belts. See UFC 12 for more info.
UFC 12:
From here on they began giving medals to the tournament winners.
Heavyweight: Boxing style belts. Maker unknown. These differed greatly from the JMar belts used previously. They had cheap leather straps, lamb's wool backing, and cast metal plates. The style belt was also used for the Middleweight belt. The belts differed in that the banner had the weight class on them. The side plates were engraved with the title fight and the date.
This style belt was used for Heavyweight, Welterweight, Middleweight and Lightweight until UFC 30
UFC 30:
Bantamweight Belt: Made by Joe Marshall
Middleweight Belt: Ortiz was given another boxing style belt post fightbut eventually was given a new J-Mar belt. (Pictured in the middle)
Randy Couture was also given a belt in this style but it was never seen on TV/PPV.
UFC 31: New design by Joe Marshall
These belts are the foundation for the current UFC title belts. These were made by Joe Marshall. Single layer. All gold plated. Side plates are in the shape of an octagon and feature the weight class on the side plates. All champions at the time were given the new style belt.
From what I was told, these belts were ordered by SEG before Zuffa bought them out. Zuffa awarded them anyway while they awaited new belts made by Reggie Parks and Dave Millican.
UFC 32: Debut of the 2 layer belts. These belts feature nearly the identicle design as the UFC 31 belts. The new belts feature dual plating. This means the etched spots are nickle, and the raised spots are gold plated giving it a double look. Also the plates are layered. The octagon, UFC logo and Ultimate Fighting Championship is a separate plate stacked on top of the base plate. Also the side plates are stacked as well. These belts featured the weight class on the sideplates.

These belts were used for all weight classes until UFC 48.
UFC 48: All title holders were given new 3 layer belts which are still used today. Made by Reggie Parks and Dave Millican Example, Vitor Belfort should only have 1 belt for beating Couture, but because they switched belts during his reign, he has a 2 layer and a 3 layer belt.
The 3 layer belts have UFC on the main plate as a 3rd stacked plate. The side plates now say UFC Champion in a 2nd layer. They no longer specify the weight class.


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I can’t front page this, but everyone should rec this post. Nice.
by Luke Thomas on Nov 24, 2008 9:31 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
I dunno if this helps
But here’s some other old pics of various UFC belts. There may be some repeats.






PS:
This>everything

by Discman2 on Nov 24, 2008 9:56 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Pride? Wasn’t that some kinda pro wrestling thing?
by iiowyn on Nov 24, 2008 10:46 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
it was a video game in france
im not impressed with your performance
by troy145 on Nov 24, 2008 11:41 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Theres no denying
that belt looks friggin awesome!! Strikeforce belts are also gorgeous. More so than the UFC one…
BTW, Rec’d! Awesome post!
by xFenixKnightx on Nov 25, 2008 11:49 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Matt Hughes Bike.


Randy’s Collection

Frank Shamrock’s Collection…




and one for fun..

by Nick Thomas on Nov 24, 2008 12:13 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Seriously awesome...
Good work fellas… those are definitely better than the belts you see on boxers these days.
by Gunslinger20 on Nov 24, 2008 1:13 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Not sure..
Not sure what Rec’d does but I did it anyways… I completely forgot about Oleg Taktarov, wonder what he is doing besides dreading doing that Rollerball remake.
by Gunslinger20 on Nov 24, 2008 1:15 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Rec’d is kind of saying “good article!”, and in a fan post 3 (I think) recs means it gets moved up top and stays around a bit longer.
by mythbuster on Nov 24, 2008 1:22 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Awesome post and adds.
How did I miss that Taktarov got into acting???
damn, 2+2. I am an idiot! I’ll be at perezhilton.com if anyone needs me…
http://eliotmarshall.com/
by BJJDenver on Nov 24, 2008 2:45 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Lol... I couldn't help it, thats all that was on...
Rollerball actually wasn’t THAT BAD…. I’m surprised Oleg learned how to rollerblade.
By the way, nice promotion of Eliot Marshall… great fighter, he represents the state of Colorado proudly.
by Gunslinger20 on Nov 24, 2008 8:48 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
He was actually pretty good in 15 minutes as well.
Eliot is one of my Professors and a friend. I think he is a really great guy, teacher and coach. Hopefully he does well the rest of the way. Thanks adding to the support!
http://eliotmarshall.com/
by BJJDenver on Nov 25, 2008 12:59 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Would love to see him dethrone Bader from his almost unanimously predicted finals berth. Bader is cool…but I like Eliot better ;)
by iiowyn on Nov 25, 2008 1:31 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I think Eliot’s standup is better and obviously his BJJ, but Bader is a big strong guy and that is never a bad thing.
http://eliotmarshall.com/
by BJJDenver on Nov 25, 2008 11:21 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
High Altitude is top notch
One of the best… if it wasn’t for the fact that I live too far away and could afford the gas…. Nate and company would get my business for sure cuz I’d love to learn from those guys.
Eliot’s at High Altitiude Martial Arts, right? Or are you at TKO in Boulder?
by Gunslinger20 on Nov 25, 2008 7:21 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Nate and co. are great, but I’m at Easton BJJ, where Eliot is based also. Of course he trains outside the academy as well, including frequent trips down to Jackson’s.
I remember before his last fight, Nate was at a local tourney coaching his students. It was only a few days before his fight with Kampmen and I was very impressed that he took the time to be there.
http://eliotmarshall.com/
by BJJDenver on Nov 25, 2008 11:20 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Denver's selection of schools...
It never ceases to amaze me… not much of a selection when it comes to BJJ, Judo, or Sambo down here in the Springs.
Nate’s good people, very dedicated to his school and his students….
by Gunslinger20 on Nov 25, 2008 11:41 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Wow!!!
I really like this post because there’s lots of shiny belt pictures.
Keep up the good work!
That's just a big son of a bitch -- that's all there is to it.
by mma_dude on Nov 24, 2008 9:51 PM EST reply actions 0 recs















